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Getting into the swing
It's time the NHS had a national curriculum for management development - but not a staff college, argues Chris Ham
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Local heroes get stuck in
What can communities do to improve health? Strong communities are a major goal of the Blair government. Its strategy for public health is organised around a three-way contract between the government, communities and individuals, with responsibilities set out for each. The green paper, Our Healthier Nation, cites neighbourhoods as one ...
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Survey shows fall in HA-funded IVF treatment
The amount of in vitro fertilisation treatment funded by health authorities and boards is continuing to fall, according to a survey for the National Infertility Awareness Campaign.
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Experiencing turbulence
They may not be under the same do-or-die pressure as their airline counterparts, but health service chief executives are finding their millennium headaches far from over, writes Mark Crail
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Shock exit follows shake-up at Fife
The chief executive of Fife health board is to leave. News of her departure came just two days after she had said management changes were necessary.
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Which doctors?
Who will make a good doctor, and how can you tell? With 6,000 extra medical school places opening between now and 2005, selection procedures are under the spotlight. Mark Crail reports
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Dobson will identify top executive talent
Health secretary Frank Dobson wants to create a national system for identifying and recruiting a 'cadre of highly-trained professionals' for some of the most demanding chief executive posts in the NHS, it was revealed this week.
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PPS with a Keen sense of determination
The thrill of being plucked from the back benches to become health secretary Frank Dobson's parliamentary private secretary is still fresh for Ann Keen. 'I feel like I'm at the centre of things. I still have to pinch myself really. It's brought a whole new dimension to being an MP.'
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Dangerous precedent
Home secretary Jack Straw's proposals for locking away people with 'severe personality disorders', in case they commit a crime, have enraged mental health campaigners. Laura Donnelly reports
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Indicators to cross over
NHS commissioners will be able to use proposed social services performance indicators to lever up standards of care, according to junior health minister John Hutton.
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PCT guidance slammed as 'confused'
Managers and clinicians have attacked key guidance on developing primary care trusts for being 'confused' and 'disappointing'.
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Commission to look at public interest watchdog role
An independent commission has been set up to 'identify the best way to represent the public interest in the health service'.
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Pilot study predicts clinical staff will face high workloads and pressure
High workloads may mean 'some personal sacrifice' for clinical members of primary care groups, a study of GP commissioning pilots has warned.
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Managing change
Quality is a central theme of current health policy. For example, The New NHS white paper states: 'The new NHS will have quality at its heart.' The introduction of clinical governance gives all health organisations a statutory duty to seek quality improvements.1,2
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Only two PCG chairs to be held by nurses
Just two of the 481 primary care groups in England are chaired by nurses, it has emerged.
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In brief
Baroness Robson of Kiddington, a Liberal Democrat health spokeswoman in the Lords since 1993, died earlier this month after a long illness. Inga-Stina Robson, who was 79, was chair of South West Thames regional health authority from 1974-82, and chair of Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospitals from 1970-84.
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In brief
Blairite Ivan Lewis, Labour MP for Bury South, has been appointed to the health select committee in place of Ann Keen. Mr Lewis, 31, was chief executive of the charity Greater Manchester Jewish Social Services before his arrival at the Commons after the last election. He was also, aged 24, ...
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A private bill to establish a UK-wide register of all women who undergo breast removal, to prevent cancer and enable consultants to assess the effectiveness of the surgery, is being sponsored by Joan Ruddock, MP for Lewisham Deptford. The Prophylactic Mastectomy Registry Bill had its second reading this week.